14 DAY TRIAL // Allan Arbus, who played Major Sidney Freedman on the hit series 1972 “M*A*S*H,” died last Friday at his home in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Times confirms with his daughter.
The actor was 95 years old and had a very prolific career in both film and television. However, his fans will remember him best as Freedman, though he wasn’t a series regular.
“Arbus appeared in films like ‘Coffy’ and ‘Crossroads’ and was a TV regular during the 1970s and ’80s, appearing on ‘Taxi,’ ‘Starsky & Hutch,’ ‘Matlock’ and other shows,” the publication writes.
“But his best-known role was Major Freedman, the liberal psychiatrist who appeared in a dozen episodes of ‘M*A*S*H.’ He treated wounds of the psyche much as Capt. Hawkeye Pierce treated surgery patients: with a never-ending string of zingers,” the LA Times adds.
Some of these zingers are included in the video above. Major Freedman will live for ever in fans’ hearts.